Psalms 74:7

They have set your temple on fire, to the very ground they have outraged the place where lives your name.

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In The King James Version

They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground.

In Context

6smashing with hatchets and hammers all of its carved work together.

8They have said in their heart, “Let us utterly crush them.” They have burned all the houses of God in the land.

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Matthew Henry on Psalms 74:2-12

Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. 3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. 4 Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. 5 A man was famous… Read the whole commentary →

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